Hello all just looking for some guidance on an issue that may come up on site dealing with a resident.

The firm I work for deals with stripping non-compliant cladding and installation of cladding and non-combustable materials. This included replacing any timber balcony decking with ali deck.

For this scope of work, scaffolding needs to be erected around the building and areas where this work is due to take place.

All the buildings my firm carries out work on are occupied. Part of our work is the need to restrict any resident balcony doors so that residents cannot access the scaffold/worksite. Also as work is being carried out on these balconies, we provide operatives with access to these via the scaffold.

On one of our sites, a resident on the roof terrace complained that his door was restricted and could not gain access to the terrace. He also claims that as the door has been restricted (Only able to open 4 inches for ventilation), It is causing the temperature of his residence to be unbearable.

This resident is elderly. My regional manager's stance is that the door will be restricted as there is scaffold on both sides of the terrace, and as implausible as it may be, one could gain access to the scaffold on both sides if they so wished.

My question is; is there a law for the maximum temperature inside someone's home, which is being affected due to construction work being carried out?

Im still quite new to the role of health and safety advisor (5 months) and any advice/answers would be much appriciated.

Your manager is totally out of order causing heat stress to an elderly resident.

The very young and very old have severe problems regulating their body temperature.

The whole point of the MET office yellow warning is so that adjustments can be made.

It could be argued that the works being undertaken have not been adequately planned - whilst the impact on direct employees has been contemplated the impact upon "others" i.e. the residents seems to have been overlooked.

Lets just hope the resident does not become a casualty or worse.

There is however guidance about health and safety standards of rented housing, which can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reducing-the-risks-the-housing-health-and-safety-rating-system

Not sure how relevant this is to your scenario, but it could be a starting point for making an argument.

Thank you all for your assistance, I will have a discussion with my manager and also do further research on the subject. Again thank you all you've been a great help.